Botswana:Government urges public not to fund Survival 7 May 2008A Botswana government spokesperson has appealed to members of the public not to donate to Survival, because of its support for the Bushmen who were evicted from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve [CKGR].
Botswana:UN human rights committee criticises Botswana over Bushman issue 3 April 2008The UN Human Rights Committee has criticised Botswana’s government over its treatment of the Bushmen. The committee urged Botswana to ensure that ‘all persons who were relocated are granted the right to return to the CKGR.'
Botswana:McCall Smith breaks silence on Bushmen 2 April 2008Alexander McCall Smith, author of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, has spoken out for the first time in support of the Kalahari Bushmen of Botswana.
Botswana:Survival launches Bushman water campaign 1 April 2008Survival launches a new letter-writing campaign today asking the new President of Botswana, Lt Gen Ian Khama, to allow the Bushmen of the central Kalahari to access water on their land.
France:President Mogae to be met by protestors during French visit 19 March 2008Supporters of Survival International in France will hold a peaceful demonstration in support of the Kalahari Bushmen on Friday, to coincide with an official visit from Botswana’s president, Festus Mogae.
UK:Demonstrators prepare for Minghella/Curtis film premiere 13 March 2008Human rights group Survival International will be holding a protest outside the premiere of Anthony Minghella and Richard Curtis’s latest film The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency.
Botswana:Survival protest yesterday – ‘Bushman women dying for diamonds’ 13 March 2008Botswana’s Attorney General, the Governor of the Bank of Botswana and the CEO of De Beers Botswana were greeted in London yesterday by protesters holding blown-up photographs of Bushman women who have died due to the eviction of the Bushmen from their lan
UK:Survival protest – ‘Bushman women dying for diamonds’ 10 March 2008Survival International will hold a peaceful protest in support of the Kalahari Bushmen outside a public meeting hosted by the Botswana diamond industry at Chatham House in London.
UK:Kalahari Bushmen on BBC television 13 February 2008The Kalahari Bushmen featured on prime time UK television on Sunday evening, in the BBC’s current affairs series ‘Tropic of Capricorn’.
Botswana:Mine ‘consultation’ process fatally flawed 22 January 2008Representatives from the consultancy firm Marsh Environmental Services today begin a whirlwind twelve-day consultation programme in and around the Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), in Botswana.
